VDB-253049 · CVE-2023-40545 · GCVE-0-2023-40545

Ping Identity PingFederate up to 11.3.2 Requests missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ping Identity PingFederate up to 11.3.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Requests Handler. The manipulation leads to missing authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-40545. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ping Identity PingFederate up to 11.3.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Requests Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Authentication bypass when an OAuth2 Client is using client_secret_jwt as its authentication method on affected 11.3 versions via specially crafted requests.

The weakness was shared 02/06/2024. The advisory is shared at support.pingidentity.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-40545 since 08/25/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Ping Identity

Name

PingFederate

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 8.8
CNA Vector (Ping Identity Corporation): 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

08/25/2023 🔍
02/06/2024 +165 days 🔍
02/06/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/01/2024 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: support.pingidentity.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-40545 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-40545
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-253049

Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2024 20:07
Updated: 03/01/2024 12:29
Changes: 02/06/2024 20:07 (48), 03/01/2024 12:29 (11)
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